Cracking out a surprise cake and launching into a birthday sing-along, the mini party was a welcome respite from the gang's toiling trek, which is taking a different and more difficult path to the one first hiked for the charity ten years ago.

The one-time patron of the Tap and Tumbler, in Wollaton Street, revealed to BBC's The One Show that the gang have been singing songs all the way up the mountain to keep them going and there was no excuse not to know the words.

He said: "[Songs have] included, Shout Out To My Ex with Little Mix and we've been harmonising to that. It's going really well. I don't know if I've got a future in the music business but it's helping us get up the mountain."

Viewers will be able to see for themselves along with all the drama, highs, lows, twists and turns and moments of delirium as they are captured on camera by Shine TV, who are making a one-hour special documentary of the challenge, Kilimanjaro: The Bigger Red Nose Climb.

The full story of how the group adjust to their basic camping conditions, new climbing companions, extreme temperatures and debilitating altitude sickness will be revealed on BBC One in the run up to Red Nose Day, which is on Friday, March 15.

Dani Dyer and former shadow chancellor Ed Balls during day three of a 19,000ft challenge to climb Mount Kilimanjaro for Comic Relief. Kilimanjaro: The Return takes place 10 years after the original excruciating climb led by Gary Barlow, which raised £1.5 million for Comic Relief (Image: Chris Jackson/Getty/for Comic Relief /PA Wire)

“It’s a lot more challenging. I’m not gonna lie, says Little Mix's Jade. "I thought it would be a little bit more glamorous, the camping site. It’s not going to be that full on. Then we got here, there’s nothing glamourous at all.

Bandmate Leigh-Anne adds: “There have been a few tears. We’ve all had tears. We are all out of our comfort zone. I love that we are experiencing new things but it is seriously challenging. Dan Walker has been like a big brother helping us with our backpacks. He is literally the nicest bloke ever.”

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